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“He said that my problem was that I was perfectly healthy and had the illusion that I would be able bodied forever. I could only begin understanding his problem if I gave up that illusion and that would be very difficult, given how healthy I was. I understand, I mistakenly said, and he said no you don’t.”
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“She had several times been in love with fortunes or careers, but only once with a man.”
― The House of Mirth
― The House of Mirth
“All the long misery of his baffled past, of his youth of failure, hardship and vain effort, rose up in his soul in bitterness and seemed to take shape before him in the woman who at every turn had barred his way.”
― Ethan Frome
― Ethan Frome
“For men, love is nothing more than gratitude for the gift of pleasure,”
― Submission
― Submission
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